Kilgallen on Broadway Good Bad Happy Sad 1952
Dorothy Kilgallen reflects on a tumultuous year 1952 with culture, politics, and personal lives shaping Broadway and national mood. She notes stars like Hepburn, Monroe, and Einstein, wartime impacts, and shifting public fascination from film to television as the year closes.
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Bernar Aye
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Dwight D. Eisen
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Joe Walcott
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Waterfront priest warns will be bodies floating in the river
The Rev. John M. Corridan, S. J., known as the waterfront priest, urged abolition of the terror code on New York docks. He warned that once dock investigations end, gangsters will avenge witnesses with murder. He spoke to INS amid Newark dock probe coverage and Jersey City racketeering testimony.
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East German Youth Purge Ordered by SED Central Committee
Berlin dispatch reports the East German Communist Party ordered a purge of enemy elements from the Free German Youth. The FDJ paper says the campaign will start in February, targeting its 312 million members aged six to fourteen, amid a regime push to mold indoctrinated youth.
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East German Youth Face Purge Over West Viewpoints
A year after the Berlin World Youth Festival, Communist authorities in East Germany crack down on blue shirts who share Western ideas. The Central Committee orders purges within the FDI, threatening arrest or loss of privileges for those deemed enemies, as the regime rethinks the conscription drive and blames local officials for its failure to recruit 273,000 volunteers.
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Emory Victory Hit by Engine Trouble Near Scotland
The 7633 ton freighter Emory Victory loaded with military ammunition from New York to Scotland broke down in a stormy Atlantic two miles from Cairnryan. Three tugs towed her late tonight as a Royal Navy vessel first responded and relayed the trouble. Operated by the U S Department of Commerce, the ship was expected to reach the wartime port tomorrow.
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Unemployment Fund Reaches 8.4 Billion National total
The Labor Department reports record 8.4 billion dollars available for jobless benefits under state unemployment insurance laws. Funds sit in the federal trust or in state accounts, with states drawing only to their balance. Rhode Island sees a decline due to heavy expenditures amid weak economy.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Rhode Island
China Promised New Constitution in 1953
San Francisco December 28 The Peiping radio reported that an Asian China Peoples Congress would be convinced in 1953 to begin drafting an election law and constitution for Red China Premier Chou En Lai told the PPCC in Peiping that reforms must precede a congress. He cited a five year plan to industrialize and noted no date for elections.
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Nicholas Man Incurs Broken Leg in Crash
Nicholas County man hospitalized at McClung Hospital with a broken leg after a Saturday traffic accident near Richwood Italy. Several hundred French and American students joined a border pass ceremony to express desire for a European federation. Injured: James Bond 26 of Nettie and Ruth Burns 23 of Leivasy, both not seriously hurt.
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Leivasy
Senator Lehman Attacks McCarran Immigration Act
New York December 25 Senator Herbert H Lehman LIB NY warned the McCarran Walter Immigration Law if strictly enforced would pose an insurmountable obstacle to all aliens He spoke at the Jewish War Veterans 1952 Gold Medal Dinner praising immigration roots while condemning the act as loading booby traps and cruelly denying Americas heritage
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Braxton County Man Learning Auto Laws From Cells
Forrest Lynch a 22 year old man from Cedarville Braxton County sits in county jail thinking about police cars. He had previously in Ravenna Ohio driven drunk operated without a license and used fictitious plates. After brief jail time a deputy parked a police car in a county park Lynch allegedly climbed in and drove it to his home. Sheriff’s deputy Cox arrested Lynch at his Cedarville home. Lynch faced a preliminary hearing and bond set at 31 000 awaiting grand jury action.
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Cedarville
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Ohio
Pravda Warns Norway To Stop Helping U S
Moscow dispatch reports Pravda charging Norway with allowing U S armed base construction on Norwegian soil. It cites Tidningen Dagbladet and Saturday Evening Post and questions if hosting military springboards near Soviet neighbors can coexist with normal relations, warning of deteriorating ties.
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Widtown Night at the Movies Presents Starry Lineup
A busy catalog lists multiple double features across theaters including Stars and Stripes Forever with Clifton Webb and Debra Paget, Monkey Business with Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers, and Sig Jim McLain starring John Wayne and Nancy Olson. Also shows Hotel Gabara and Your Man With Ideas among others.
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Clifton Webb
Debra Paget
Ruth Hussey
Virginian
Captain Hide Abbott and Costello
Bud Abbott
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Esther Williams
Wintor Mature
Walter Pidgeon
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Yeonne DeCaria
Peter Astinay
Jeff Chantler
Ghellay Winters
Richardo Montultas
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Donald O'Connor
Alice Betley
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Ginger Rogera
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Marilyn Monroe
Red Mountain
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Relatives Seek Ex City Woman Missing in Tampa Area
Family in Tampa seeks Mrs. Harry E. Wampler a former Charleston resident missing for more than two years. Brother Bill McCary arrived from Tampa and says she once lived at 504 Nancy Street with maiden name Leala Fay McCary. He appeals for information and lists contact at 204 Ichwild Ave Tampa. Mamie Not Very Sick in New York Eisenhower's wife remains confined to bed with a cold. doctors say there is nothing to worry about.
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